When Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. Rene Garcia addressed the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon this month, he was among friends.       Garcia represents District 13 in the northwest section of the county.        During his 25 years in politics and growing up in the area, Garcia, 48, of Hialeah, has come to know many of the business professionals, educators and...

    While signs in Miami Lakes warn drivers, “Don’t Even Think About Speeding!”, some motorists continue to race along town roads.       Though dangerous drivers are a perennial complaint among residents, just like the traffic itself, police have written fewer speeding tickets in the first half of 2022 than they did last year.      From January to June in 2021, Miami-Dade...

A region that Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo called a “forgotten part of Northwest Dade” was no longer ignored with the opening Tuesday of the Northwest 170 Street bridge. The bridge spans Interstate 75 and connects the Town of Miami Lakes, the city of Hialeah and part of Miami-Dade County. Bovo called the bridge “a vital link … perhaps the third vital link for Hialeah and Miami Lakes if you count [Northwest] 87th...

      This is the fifth story in a series on the Upper East Side neighborhood of Miami Lakes.           If you’ve ever been on a cruise and had an opportunity to bid on art, chances are the works may have come from a showroom in Miami Lakes Upper East Side.       Located at 16000 NW 59 Ave. is Park West Gallery, a Michigan-based company that auctions art...

Tony Fernandez. Miami Lakes IT Executive and Miami Lakes Councilman      “It’s a book called “The Energy Bus: [10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy” by Jon Gordon],” Tony Fernandez said.  “ ... I have barely started but it looks promising.  That’s probably [it], outside of things I have had to read for work. The one thing I...